How to Use precede in a Sentence

precede

verb

• She preceded him into the room.
• The chairman preceded the meeting with a brief welcoming speech.
• The meeting was preceded by a brief welcoming speech.
• The new mayor is very different from the person who preceded her in office.
• The country became more conservative in the years that preceded his election.
• Riots preceded the civil war.
• Weeks of tests precede the launch, and the rocket is left exposed to the salty air.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• The vine features white blooms that precede the fuzzy brown fruits.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022
• The five fights that appear in bold are the main card bouts, and the ones that will be preceded by a movie in The Sphere.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• If the preceding forty-five minutes fail to catch fire, though, the night grows long.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Here’s the video of the benches clearing, and the Garcia homer that preceded it.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• These are the cars that precede the riders before each stage.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 29 June 2022
• But this war is on a much greater scale, and of course was preceded by a massacre in Israel.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• The four-song release is, in a sense, a remedy to the album that preceded it.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• The dream of opening a restaurant preceded his itch to own a brewery.
  — Brandon Hernández, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2024
• Instead, the shocking gunshot that precedes the film’s title card sets the table for a flashback to the past.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
• Both tracks precede the singer's sixth mainstream studio album, which is set to drop on Sept. 20.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• My thinking was this: This is a heated issue not just of our time but times that precede us.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
• Calling hours will precede the service from 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• It was also preceded by the announcement of a 2024 arena tour that is set to launch in March.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• There is a healthy dose of nail-biting preceding all that science.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Rose's family holds ties with the monarchy that precede her.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023
• The footage was preceded by a recorded message from Rogen and Ice Cube.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 July 2023
• The bad news is that rates have already started to rise again after their sharp drop preceding the first Fed rate cut.
  — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
• That’s true for The War and Treaty, who want to take the baton from the hundreds of entertainers who have preceded them.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
• The eight hours preceding them make the promise seem one worth fulfilling.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
• Three months of record rainfall preceding the Olympics was followed by a week-long hot spell.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The cleanup will take weeks and will likely have to precede any rebuilding efforts.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2022
• The rest of the video mentions the new Mustang's reveal date on September 14 as well as the Stampede event that's set to precede the reveal.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022
• The good news is that the current government, like the ones that preceded it, firmly believes in the tax rebate as a tool.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024